From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

by Richard J. Smethurst (Author)

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  From his birth in the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination at the hands of right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped the course of modern Japanese history. This biography underscores the profound influence of Korekiyo on the political and economic development of Japan.